adarme
2 synonyms for adarme, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.
Noun — An old Spanish unit of weight, equal to roughly 1.8 grams.
Synonyms
Rare, literary or technical
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Synonyms by Meaning
2. noun
Another name for the peso, from times when that coin was reckoned to be worth an adarme of gold.
Etymology
Came from Spanish adarme (“¹⁄₁₆ Spanish ounce, peso”), which traces back through Andalusian Arabic الدرهم (ad-dárham) and Arabic دِرْهَم (dirham, “dirham”) to Middle Persian ???? (drahm), and ultimately to Ancient Greek δραχμή (drakhmḗ, “drachma”). It is a doublet of dram, drachma, diram, dirham, and dirhem.
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